Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0451 - virt-manager bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

virt-manager bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated virt-manager packages that fix three bugs and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) is a graphical tool for administering virtual machines for KVM, Xen, and QEMU. The virt-manager utility uses the libvirt API and can start, stop, add or remove virtualized devices, connect to a graphical or serial console, and view resource usage statistics for existing virtualized guests on local or remote machines.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the live migration dialog box of the virt-manager tool incorrectly described the unit of bandwidth as "Mbps" instead of "MB/s". With this update, the migration dialog has been changed to provide correct information on bandwidth units. (BZ#802639)

  • Prior to this update, an unnecessary reboot occurred after the virt-manager tool created a new guest virtual machine by importing an existing disk image. With this update, a backported upstream patch has been provided, and virt-manager no longer restarts after importing an existing disk image. (BZ#824275)

  • Due to differences in dependency solving between the yum and rpm programs, the virt-manager package failed to update from "noarch" to newer architecture version. With this update, a patch has been provided to mark the noarch version as obsolete. As a result, the noarch package can now be updated without complications. (BZ#872611)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • The "Delete Associated storage files" option is enabled by default in the virt-manager tool. A warning message is displayed prior to file deletion to notify the user about this configuration. (BZ#878946)

All users of virt-manager are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • virt-manager-0.9.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • virt-manager-debuginfo-0.9.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • virt-manager-0.9.0-18.el6.i686.rpm
  • virt-manager-debuginfo-0.9.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • virt-manager-debuginfo-0.9.0-18.el6.i686.rpm
  • virt-manager-0.9.0-18.el6.src.rpm
  • virt-manager-0.9.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • virt-manager-debuginfo-0.9.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm
  • virt-manager-0.9.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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Additional information